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[[File:Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|President Gerald R. Ford]]
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'''Electoral history of [[Gerald Ford]]''', 38th [[President of the United States]] (1974–1977), 40th [[Vice President of the United States]] (1973–1974); [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]] from [[Michigan]] (1949–1973).
'''Electoral history of [[Gerald Ford]]''', who served as the 38th [[president of the United States]] (1974–1977), the 40th [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] (1973–1974); and as a [[United States House of Representatives|United States representative]] from [[Michigan]] (1949–1973).


==Congressional elections (1948–1972)==
==Congressional elections (1948–1972)==


===1948===
===1948===
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! style="width: 8em;" colspan=2 | Party !! Candidate !! Aggregate votes !! % !! <abbr title="Number of wins">#W</abbr>
! style="width: 8em;" colspan=2 | Party !! Candidate !! Aggregate votes !! % !! <abbr title="Number of wins">#W</abbr>
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| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" | || style="width: 7em;" rowspan=4 | '''[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]''' || style="width: 13em;" | '''[[Gerald Ford]]*''' || style="width: 9em; text-align:right" | '''5,529,899''' || style="width: 3em; text-align:right" | '''53.29''' || style="width: 2em; text-align:right" | '''27'''
| style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | || style="width: 7em;" rowspan=4 | '''[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]''' || style="width: 13em;" | '''[[Gerald Ford]]*''' || style="width: 9em; text-align:right" | '''5,529,899''' || style="width: 3em; text-align:right" | '''53.29''' || style="width: 2em; text-align:right" | '''27'''
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" | || [[Ronald Reagan]] || style="text-align:right" | 4,760,222 || style="text-align:right" | 45.88 || style="text-align:right" | 24
| style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | || [[Ronald Reagan]] || style="text-align:right" | 4,760,222 || style="text-align:right" | 45.88 || style="text-align:right" | 24
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" | || ''Others'' || style="text-align:right" | 44,626 || style="text-align:right" | 0.43 || style="text-align:right" | 0
| style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | || ''Others'' || style="text-align:right" | 44,626 || style="text-align:right" | 0.43 || style="text-align:right" | 0
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" | || ''Unpledged'' || style="text-align:right" | 34,717 || style="text-align:right" | 0.34 || style="text-align:right" | 0
| style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | || ''Unpledged'' || style="text-align:right" | 34,717 || style="text-align:right" | 0.34 || style="text-align:right" | 0
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| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" | || style="width: 7em;" rowspan=3 | '''[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]''' || style="width: 13em;" | '''[[Gerald Ford]]*''' || style="width: 5em; text-align:right" | '''1,187''' || style="width: 3em; text-align:right" | '''52.57'''
| style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | || style="width: 7em;" rowspan=3 | '''[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]''' || style="width: 13em;" | '''[[Gerald Ford]]*''' || style="width: 5em; text-align:right" | '''1,187''' || style="width: 3em; text-align:right" | '''52.57'''
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| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" | || [[Ronald Reagan]] || style="text-align:right" | 1,070 || style="text-align:right" | 47.39
| style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | || [[Ronald Reagan]] || style="text-align:right" | 1,070 || style="text-align:right" | 47.39
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| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" | || [[Elliot Richardson]] || style="text-align:right" | 1 || style="text-align:right" | 0.04
| style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | || [[Elliot Richardson]] || style="text-align:right" | 1 || style="text-align:right" | 0.04
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! style="width: 11em;" colspan=2 | Party !! Presidential<br>candidate !! Vice&nbsp;presidential<br>Candidate !! <abbr title="Popular vote">PV</abbr>{{spaces|2}}(%) !! <abbr title="Electoral Vote">EV</abbr>
! style="width: 11em;" colspan=2 | Party !! Presidential<br>candidate !! Vice&nbsp;presidential<br>Candidate !! <abbr title="Popular vote">PV</abbr>{{spaces|2}}(%) !! <abbr title="Electoral Vote">EV</abbr>
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| style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" | || style="width: 10.5em;" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]''' || style="width: 11em;" | '''[[Jimmy Carter]]''' || style="width: 11em;" | '''[[Walter Mondale]]''' || style="width: 9em; text-align:right" | '''40,831,881{{spaces|2}}(50.08)''' || style="width: 3em; text-align:right" | '''297{{0|0}}'''
| style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | || style="width: 10.5em;" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]''' || style="width: 11em;" | '''[[Jimmy Carter]]''' || style="width: 11em;" | '''[[Walter Mondale]]''' || style="width: 9em; text-align:right" | '''40,831,881{{spaces|2}}(50.08)''' || style="width: 3em; text-align:right" | '''297{{0|0}}'''
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| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" | || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[Gerald Ford]]'''*''' || [[Bob Dole]] || style="text-align:right" | 39,148,634{{spaces|2}}(48.01) || style="text-align:right" | 240{{efn|One [[faithless elector]] in the state of Washington cast his electoral vote for Ronald Reagan (president) and Robert Dole (vice president).}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[Gerald Ford]]'''*''' || [[Bob Dole]] || style="text-align:right" | 39,148,634{{spaces|2}}(48.01) || style="text-align:right" | 240{{efn|One [[faithless elector]] in the state of Washington cast his electoral vote for Ronald Reagan (president) and Robert Dole (vice president).}}
|-
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| style="background-color: {{Independent (United States)/meta/color}}" | || [[Independent politician|Independent]] || [[Eugene McCarthy]] || {{efn|The running mate of Eugene McCarthy varied from state to state.}} || style="text-align:right" | 744,763{{spaces|2}}(0.91) || style="text-align:right" | 0{{0|0}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | || [[Independent politician|Independent]] || [[Eugene McCarthy]] || {{efn|The running mate of Eugene McCarthy varied from state to state.}} || style="text-align:right" | 744,763{{spaces|2}}(0.91) || style="text-align:right" | 0{{0|0}}
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Libertarian Party (United States)/meta/color}}" | || [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] || [[Roger MacBride]] || [[David Bergland]] || style="text-align:right" | 172,557{{spaces|2}}(0.21) || style="text-align:right" | 0{{0|0}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Libertarian Party (United States)}}" | || [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] || [[Roger MacBride]] || [[David Bergland]] || style="text-align:right" | 172,557{{spaces|2}}(0.21) || style="text-align:right" | 0{{0|0}}
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{American Independent Party/meta/color}}" | || [[American Independent Party|American Independent]] || [[Lester Maddox]] || [[William Dyke]] || style="text-align:right" | 170,373{{spaces|2}}(0.21) || style="text-align:right" | 0{{0|0}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|American Independent Party}}" | || [[American Independent Party|American Independent]] || [[Lester Maddox]] || [[William Dyke]] || style="text-align:right" | 170,373{{spaces|2}}(0.21) || style="text-align:right" | 0{{0|0}}
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| style="background-color: {{American Party (1969)/meta/color}}" | || [[American Party (1969)|American]] || [[Thomas J. Anderson]] || [[Rufus Shackelford]] || style="text-align:right" | 158,724{{spaces|2}}(0.19) || style="text-align:right" | 0{{0|0}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|American Party (1969)}}" | || [[American Party (1969)|American]] || [[Thomas J. Anderson (author)|Thomas J. Anderson]] || [[Rufus Shackelford]] || style="text-align:right" | 158,724{{spaces|2}}(0.19) || style="text-align:right" | 0{{0|0}}
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| style="background-color: gray" | || colspan=3 | ''Others'' || style="text-align:right" | 313,848 (0.39) || style="text-align:right" | 0{{0|0}}
| style="background-color: gray" | || colspan=3 | ''Others'' || style="text-align:right" | 313,848 (0.39) || style="text-align:right" | 0{{0|0}}
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President Gerald R. Ford

Electoral history of Gerald Ford, who served as the 38th president of the United States (1974–1977), the 40th vice president (1973–1974); and as a United States representative from Michigan (1949–1973).

Congressional elections (1948–1972)

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1948

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Michigan's 5th congressional district Republican primary election, 1948[1]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford 23,632 62.23%
Republican Bartel J. Jonkman* 14,341 37.77%
Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1948[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford 74,191 60.51%
Democratic Fred J. Barr, Jr. 46,972 38.31%
Prohibition William H. Barlette 853 0.70%
Progressive Theodore Theodore 504 0.41%
Socialist Eugene Ten Brink, Jr. 93 0.08%

1950

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1950[3]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 72,829 66.74%
Democratic James H. McLaughlin 35,927 32.92%
Prohibition Ella Fruin 376 0.35%

1952

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1952[4]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 109,807 66.26%
Democratic Vincent E. O’Neill 55,147 33.28%
Prohibition Ella Fruin 617 0.37%
Progressive William Glenn 146 0.09%

1954

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1954[5]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 81,702 63.26 %
Democratic Robert S. McAllister 47,453 36.74%

1956

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1956[6]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 120,349 67.14%
Democratic George E. Clay 58,899 32.86%

1958

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1958[7]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 88,156 63.64%
Democratic Richard Vander Veen 50,203 36.24%
Prohibition Bernard Elve 156 0.11%

1960

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1960[8]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 131,461 66.84%
Democratic William G. Reamon 65,064 33.08%
Prohibition LeRoy A. Robert 115 0.06%
Socialist Labor Donald Teets 54 0.03%

1962

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1962[9]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 110,043 67.04%
Democratic William G. Reamon 54,112 32.96%

1964

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1964[10]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 101,810 61.22%
Democratic William G. Reamon 64,488 38.78%

1966

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1966[11]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 87,914 68.39%
Democratic James M. Catchick 40,629 31.61%

1968

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1968[12]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 105,085 62.75%
Democratic Lawrence E. Howard 62,219 37.16%
Socialist Labor Frank Girard 156 0.09%

1970

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1970[13]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 88,208 61.36%
Democratic Jean McKee 55,337 38.50%
Socialist Labor Frank Girard 120 0.08%
Socialist Workers Walter M. Kus 87 0.06%

1972

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Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1972[14]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 118,027 61.08%
Democratic Jean McKee 72,782 37.67%
American Independent Dwight W. Johnson 2,045 1.06%
Socialist Labor Frank Girard 235 0.12%
Communist Alan Lee Maki 140 0.07%

Speaker of the House elections (1965–1973)

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1965

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1965 election for Speaker – 89th Congress[15]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John McCormack* (MA 9) 289 67.52
Republican Gerald Ford (MI 5) 139 32.48
Total votes 428 100
Votes necessary 215 >50

1967

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1967 election for Speaker – 90th Congress[16]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John McCormack* (MA 9) 246 56.94
Republican Gerald Ford (MI 5) 186 43.06
Total votes 432 100
Votes necessary 217 >50

1969

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1969 election for Speaker – 91st Congress[17]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John McCormack* (MA 9) 241 56.31
Republican Gerald Ford (MI 5) 187 43.69
Total votes 428 100
Votes necessary 215 >50

1971

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1971 election for Speaker – 92nd Congress[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carl Albert (OK 3) 250 58.68
Republican Gerald Ford (MI 5) 176 41.32
Total votes 426 100
Votes necessary 214 >50

1973

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1973 election for Speaker – 93rd Congress[19]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carl Albert* (OK 3) 236 55.66
Republican Gerald Ford (MI 5) 188 44.34
Total votes 424 100
Votes necessary 213 >50

Vice presidential confirmation (1973)

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1973 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation
November 27, 1973
[20]
Party Total votes
Democratic Republican Conservative Independent
Yes 51 39 1 1 92
No 3 0 0 0 3
1973 U.S. House Vice presidential confirmation
December 6, 1973
[21]
Party Total votes
Democratic Republican
Yes 199 188 387
No 35 0 35

Presidential election (1976)

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1976 Republican Party presidential primaries[22]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Aggregate votes % #W
Republican Gerald Ford* 5,529,899 53.29 27
Ronald Reagan 4,760,222 45.88 24
Others 44,626 0.43 0
Unpledged 34,717 0.34 0
1976 Republican presidential nomination[23]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 1,187 52.57
Ronald Reagan 1,070 47.39
Elliot Richardson 1 0.04
1976 United States presidential election[24]
* denotes incumbent
Party Presidential
candidate
Vice presidential
Candidate
PV  (%) EV
Democratic Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale 40,831,881  (50.08) 297
Republican Gerald Ford* Bob Dole 39,148,634  (48.01) 240[a]
Independent Eugene McCarthy [b] 744,763  (0.91) 0
Libertarian Roger MacBride David Bergland 172,557  (0.21) 0
American Independent Lester Maddox William Dyke 170,373  (0.21) 0
American Thomas J. Anderson Rufus Shackelford 158,724  (0.19) 0
Others 313,848 (0.39) 0
Total votes: 81,540,780 538
Votes necessary: 270

Notes

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  1. ^ One faithless elector in the state of Washington cast his electoral vote for Ronald Reagan (president) and Robert Dole (vice president).
  2. ^ The running mate of Eugene McCarthy varied from state to state.

References

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  17. ^ "115 Cong. Rec. 13 (1969)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  18. ^ "117 Cong. Rec. 10 (1971)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  19. ^ "119 Cong. Rec. 12 (1973)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  20. ^ "To advise and consent to the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President of the U.S." govtrack.us. U.S. Senate–November 27, 1973. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  21. ^ "To pass H.Res. 735, confirming the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President". govtrack.us. U.S. House of Representatives–December 6, 1973. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
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